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Arupa Lakshmi – About Goddess Arupa Lakshmi

Arupa Lakshmi is a form of Goddess Lakshmi that is worshipped in the surrounding area of the sanctum sanctorum in the world famous Kamakshi Temple in Kanchipuram. There are two versions associated with the Arupa Lakshmi form. Legend has it that during the churning of ocean, Samudra Manthan, the body of Bhagwan Shri Hari Vishnu turned blue due to the poison emitted by Snake Vasuki who was used as the rope. Goddess Lakshmi was amused to see the change in the skin tone of Srihari Vishnu and made fun of Him. An angry Vishnu cursed Goddess Lakshmi to turn ugly (Arupa). Thus she became Arupa Lakshmi. Goddess Lakshmi who felt bad went to the abode of Goddess Kamakshi who asked her to stay on the left side of Her. It is said that the kumkum that is offered to Goddess Kamakshi, which is then given to devotees, is smeared on the murti of Arupa Lakshmi. The belief is that the Goddess regains her beauty each time. Arupa Lakshmi is worshipped for prosperity and for solut

Situational Gita - Mobile Application on Bhagavad Gita That Answers to Daily Problems

Situational Gita is a mobile application on Bhagavad Gita designed by Sreekanth Sastry of Antarjaal Innovations. 100 important Shlokas from the Gita are use the in the App. Answers to modern problems are found in the Gita but people do not have patience and time to go through the Holy Book. The application provides answers found in Gita to a particular situation that you are facing in life. Situational Gita App is available on Apple App Store and Google Play. The Hindu reports “Everybody is looking for answers and the Gita is supposed to have them all,” says Sreekanth. “Nobody, however, reads the Gita because they think they won’t understand it. So we wanted to see if there was a way in which we can make it more accessible, so we broke it down into categories that we thought were everyday situations and looked for slokhas that would provide the answers to those questions,” says the youngster who quit his job in the software products industry in March to start Antarjaal.  “Th